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{{short description|Indian Bollywood actress (born 1958)}}
{{for|the given name|Nazneen (given name)}}
{{Infobox person
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| birth_name = Nazneen
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]]{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}, [[India]]
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| nationality = Indian
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| occupation = Actress
| height = 1.73 m
| years_active = 1972 – 1990
| known_for =
| notable_works = ''[[Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa]]''<br>''[[Chalte Chalte (1976 film)|Chalte Chalte]]''<br>''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]]''
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'''Nazneen''' is an Indian Bollywood actress who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. She was born on (23 February 1958) in [[Kolkata]] and studied in [[Lucknow]] before moving to [[Mumbai]] with her parents. She was cast in ''[[Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa]]'' (1972) after meeting an assistant to director [[Satyen Bose]] at a party. She subsequently played in the hit movies ''[[Kora Kagaz]]'' (1974), ''[[Chalte Chalte (1976 film)|Chalte Chalte]]'' (1976) and ''[[Dildaar]]'' (1977).<ref>{{cite book|author=T.M. Ramachandran |title=Film World Volume 14 |year=1978}}</ref>
Nazneen starred in the hit television series Mahabharat produced by B.R Chopra as Kunti who was the mother of the Pandavas.

==Early life==
Nazneen was born into a Muslim family. Her father owned a printing press. She did her schooling from [[Hill Grange High School]].<ref name="nazneen">[http://cineplot.com/nazneen-interview/ Nazneen - Interview I (1976) on Cineplot]</ref> Actress [[Neetu Singh]] went to the same school as she. Neetu would invite her to her mother’s flat for lunch.<ref name="neetu">[http://cineplot.com/nazneen-interview-ii/ Nazneen - Interview II (1978) on Cineplot]</ref>

==Career==
At a party hosted by a relative of hers, producer Yusuf Teendarwajawalla, who made ''[[Mere Humsafar]]'' (1970), and director [[Satyen Bose]] offered her a role in ''[[Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa]]'' (1972), which he directed.<ref name="nazneen"/>

Nazneen was signed for two more films to be directed by Satyen Bose but they were never made. But working under the veteran director did help her a lot. Satyen Bose also wanted Nazneen to have a screen name. He had suggested Suparna, and then somebody suggested Sonali. However, she chose to be herself, Nazneen.<ref name="nazneen"/>

In 1974 she acted in ''[[Kora Kagaz]]'', which won her critical acclaim. In the film she played [[Jaya Bachchan]]'s sister. After ''Kora Kaagaz'' she got several offers, but everyone said “there was a wonderful role of a sister”. “They all thought I was good only for goody-goody roles”, Nazneen said in an interview conducted in 1976.<ref name="nazneen"/>

Nazneen declined all those offers. She was already playing the leading lady in a few "B" class films and the producers of these films told Nazneen if she accepted the sisters’ roles their films would suffer at the box office.<ref name="nazneen"/>

== Filmography ==
*''[[Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa]]'' (1972)
*''[[Mere Garib Nawaz]]'' (1973)
*''[[Nirdosh (1973 film)|Nirdosh]]'' (1973)
*''[[Naya Din Nai Raat]]'' (1974)
*''[[Kora Kagaz]]'' (1974)
*''[[Ranga Khush]]'' (1975)
*''[[Chalte Chalte (1976 film)|Chalte Chalte]]'' (1976)
*''[[Fauji (1976 film)|Fauji]]'' (1976)
*''[[Yaari Zindabad]]'' (1976)
*''[[Chaalu Mera Naam]]'' (1977)
*''[[Dildaar]]'' (1977)
*''[[Haiwan]]'' (1977)
*''[[Bin Phere Hum Tere]]'' (1979)
*''[[Adventures of Aladdin]]'' (1979)
*''[[Oh Bewafaa]]'' (1980)
*''[[Ek Duuje Ke Liye]]'' (1981)
*''[[Ek Hi Bhool]]'' (1981)
*''[[Khuda Kasam (1981 film)|Khuda Kasam]]'' (1981)
*Waqt ki Dewar (1981)
*''[[Chambal Ke Daku]]'' (1982)
*''[[Do Ustad]]'' (1982)
*''[[Shekhar Mera Naam]]'' (1983)
*''[[Aadamkhor]]'' (1986)
Nazneen also played the role of "Kunti" (mother of Karna and the Pandava brothers) in the 1988 TV serial ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cineplot.com/nazneen/ |title=Nazneen – Profile |website=cineplot.com |accessdate=13 March 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|nm0961455}}
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[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Indian television actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Actresses from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Hill Grange High School alumni]]

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